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Edvard I. Moser: Quick Facts

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Born April 27, 1962 (age 64) • Ålesund • Norway
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2014)
Notable Family Members spouse May-Britt Moser
Subjects Of Study brain • cognitive mapping • dorsocaudal medial entorhinal cortex • grid cell • hippocampus • place cell • spatial memory

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